How to get tweet IDs (since_id, max_id) in tweepy (python)?

json, python, tweepy, twitter

Solution

The `tweepy` library follows the `twitter API` closely. All attributes returned by that API are available on the result objects; so for status messages you need to look at the `tweet` object description to see they have an `id` parameter:

for status in api.user_timeline():
    print status.id

Store the most recent `id` to poll for updates.

Problem

I want to know a way of getting tweet IDs to keep a check on what tweets have been displayed in the timeline of user in the python app I am making using tweepy. There doesn't seem to be a way I get extract the tweet IDs or keep track of them. The parameter to keep check is `since_id`. Please if anyone could help.

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